1979 Wicklow County Council election

Part of the 1979 Irish local elections December 2020 December 2020 1979 Wicklow County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1974 Wicklow County Council election 1974 1985 Wicklow County Council election 1985 All 21 seats on Wicklow County Council 7 June 1979 Fianna Fáil 7 2 Fine Gael 8 2 Labour Party (Ireland) 4 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 1 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 1 1 Wicklow in Ireland.svg 300px Area of Wicklow County Council An election to all 21 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. County Wicklow was divided into 4 county electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). The term was extended to 1985. Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil7211,07935.37 Fine Gael829,83426.66 Labour Party (Ireland)47,02022.41 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party111,7855.70 Independent politician (Ireland)111,3304.25Total2131,322100.00 Results by local electoral area Arklow Arklow: 6 seatsWicklow County Council: (Arklow) 1979 https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&electype=5&constitid=241 2023-08-31 Irish Elections: Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis 2 Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 1,135 13.8%   Labour Party (Ireland) Kevin Ryan* 906 11.0%   Fianna Fáil Thomas Keenan* 826 10.0%   Fianna Fáil John Sweeney* 720 8.7%   Fine Gael Margo Weadick* 726 7.6%   Labour Party (Ireland) Sean Wolohan 522 6.3%   Labour Party (Ireland) Thomas King 483 5.9%   Fianna Fáil Patrick Timmins 464 5.6%   Fianna Fáil Tom Clandillon 462 5.6%   Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Wadden 399 4.8%   Fianna Fáil James Fitzgerald 306 3.7%   Fine Gael Brian Culleton 247 3.0%   Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Murphy 176 2.1%   Fine Gael James Merrigan 115 1.4%   Labour Party (Ireland) John Hennessy 82 1.0%   2 12,197 8,244 (67.59%) 123 1,178 8,425 Baltinglass Baltinglass: 3 seatsWicklow County Council: (Baltinglass) 1979 Local Election https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=242&electype=5 2023-08-31 Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis 2 Fine Gael Godfrey TimminsTD* 1,583 34.1%   Fianna Fáil James Miley* 982 21.2%   Fianna Fáil J. Hobson 725 15.6%   Fine Gael Pascal Deering* 681 14.7%   Fine Gael Donal McEvoy 353 7.6%   Fianna Fáil P. Kennedy 313 6.8%   2 7,159 4,367 (61%) 55 1,160 4,422 Bray Bray: 7 seatsWicklow County Council: (Bray) 1979 Local Election https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=243&electype=5 2023-08-31 Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis 2 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party John McManus* 1,785 15.0%   Fianna Fáil Ciaran Murphy* 1,684 14.1%   Fine Gael Aidan Murphy* 1,199 10.0%   Fine Gael John Leeson* 1,161 9.7%   Labour Party (Ireland) John Byrne* 985 8.3%   Fine Gael George Jones* 799 6.7%   Labour Party (Ireland) John Murnane 740 6.2%   Fianna Fáil Johnny Fox* 738 6.2%   Fianna Fáil Nancy O'Neill 640 5.4%   Fine Gael Jane Murphy 583 4.9%   Fianna Fáil Mary Ledwidge 581 4.9%   Fine Gael John Magennety 383 3.2%   Fianna Fáil Deirdre Dillon-Mallon 309 2.6%   Labour Party (Ireland) Nancy Mahony 249 2.1%   Fianna Fáil Joseph Melia 102 0.9%   2 22,776 11,938 (52.43%) 162 1,493 12,055 Wicklow Wicklow: 5 seats1974 https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/wickcoc.xlsx 31 August 2023 Irish Election Literature XLSXWicklow County Council: (Wicklow) 1979 Local Election https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=245&electype=5 2023-08-31 IIrish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis 2 Labour Party (Ireland) Liam Kavanagh* 1,679 24.8%   Fianna Fáil Roger Miley* 651 9.6%   Fine Gael Harry Cullen* 615 9.1%   Fianna Fáil Jim Giff* 598 8.8%   Fianna Fáil Michael Cullen* 556 8.2%   Labour Party (Ireland) Frank Hynes* 506 7.5%   Fianna Fáil Seamus Power 422 6.2%   Labour Party (Ireland) James Gregory 404 6.0%   Fine Gael John Whelan 382 5.6%   Fine Gael Nora Fitzpatrick 371 5.5%   Labour Party (Ireland) Jimmy O'Shaughnessy 288 4.3%   Independent politician (Ireland) Basil Phelan 157 2.3%   Fine Gael Michael Miley 144 2.1%   2 11,682 8,178 (70.08%) 105 1,129 6,912 References External links Local elections, 1979: election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council: and election statistics relating to all local authorities Department of the Environment 1980 Prl.9322 Official publications Dublin Stationery Office http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL015721.pdf 3 March 2016 DOE 1980 6 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306143734/http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL015721.pdf live Council Results Irelandelection.com. 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